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obama called him since new year's eve. white house officials faced questions will the buck stopped with the president. >> the president is commander-in-chief. he is concerned. that is why he put forward compromise proposals again and again. >> house majority leader eric cantor fired back the president should stop scaring the public at how meat at the grocery store will stop getting inspected and criminals will be let free by budget cuts and instead reach out to harry reid who did not get a call from the president to push him to pass one or two house republican plans to stop the sequester. cantor declaring, "house republicans have acted and time for the democrats to join us." time to get out the campaign trail and get to work. show us what spending reductions you prefer and let's find common ground. in the tit-for-tat fight, carney brought out charts on the president's plan to cut spending and turn it to republicans. >> there will be jobs on the line if the sequester takes place and the president will as he continues to do
obama called him since new year's eve. white house officials faced questions will the buck stopped with the president. >> the president is commander-in-chief. he is concerned. that is why he put forward compromise proposals again and again. >> house majority leader eric cantor fired back the president should stop scaring the public at how meat at the grocery store will stop getting inspected and criminals will be let free by budget cuts and instead reach out to harry reid who did...
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the chairman even complimented him for his forthcoming nature by he is surrounded about how the obama itsnistration is conducting war on terror. pakistan, a sum dalia -- >> please remove that woman. >> before the committee could get under way -- >> you are killing children. >> protesters interrupted the proceedings. >> the next time we are going to the chamber. >> dianne feinstein kicked out all observers. >> we have done this five times now. five times are enough. >> nc nominated the official to cia, there has been controversy surrounding techniques in the war on terror. members are furious they have been kept in the dark about drone strikes. >> why did they feel we were being trusted? brennan says he will protect secrecy and transparency. inif they were involved would make sure this committee had that information. >> that is a good start. says if he had been at the time, torture used in theve been stand to to his belief. >> i have a reputation for mind and doing so in a direct manner, which some attribute to my new jersey roots. >> the president authorized the department to show cla
the chairman even complimented him for his forthcoming nature by he is surrounded about how the obama itsnistration is conducting war on terror. pakistan, a sum dalia -- >> please remove that woman. >> before the committee could get under way -- >> you are killing children. >> protesters interrupted the proceedings. >> the next time we are going to the chamber. >> dianne feinstein kicked out all observers. >> we have done this five times now. five times...
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the obama administration has approved the killing of u.s. citizens if they are known to pose an imminent threat to the country. >> lithium ion batteries are not necessarily safe for use on airplanes -- not necessarily unsafe but safeguards need to be in place. the board is looking into the possibility that battery should have to meet tougher testing standards. x a sunny and windy day to day. >> a nice surprise for an elementary schoolteacher in southwest washington today. a show of appreciation. miss simms is a third grade teacher and she had no idea she was going to be honored. she received this year's education award. she gets a $25,000 cash prize. >> my third grade students bring a smile to my face every day. >> if you are wondering what she will do with the money she is getting, she says she will pay all some bills and possibly purchase a harley-davidson. that will make her even more popular with her students. >> boston is under a blizzard watch right now. new england might get buried up there. let's get started with the time lapse, this
the obama administration has approved the killing of u.s. citizens if they are known to pose an imminent threat to the country. >> lithium ion batteries are not necessarily safe for use on airplanes -- not necessarily unsafe but safeguards need to be in place. the board is looking into the possibility that battery should have to meet tougher testing standards. x a sunny and windy day to day. >> a nice surprise for an elementary schoolteacher in southwest washington today. a show of...
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the person i blame above all others is president obama, did you know president obama, in april or june why wasn't the congress informed. they were interviewed two days by the f.b.i. you know the c.i.a. never called up the f.b.i. and say, what did they say about the attack. if you talk to the survivors, you would have known it was a coordinated terrorist attack and not a mob. >> greta: were you going to vote for senator hagel? >> i thought his confirmation hearing was disturbing. >> greta: does that mean you may still vote for him? >> we don't have enough information. we haven't gotten the information we requested. i don't think we should vote on chuck hagel until we get all the things we requested about the speeches he's made, but as to whether or not i will vote for him, i hope the administration will reconsider his nomination. he is a good man, but these are dangerous times. what kind of signal are you sending to the iranians when your secretary of defense seems to be throughless about what our policy is? >> greta: are you going to hold it up in any way? >> i'm trying to make sure, h
the person i blame above all others is president obama, did you know president obama, in april or june why wasn't the congress informed. they were interviewed two days by the f.b.i. you know the c.i.a. never called up the f.b.i. and say, what did they say about the attack. if you talk to the survivors, you would have known it was a coordinated terrorist attack and not a mob. >> greta: were you going to vote for senator hagel? >> i thought his confirmation hearing was disturbing....
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listen to his take on obama care. >> he's my solution. when the person is born, give them a birth certificate, an electronic card and a health savings account. when you die, you can pass it on to your family members so that when you're 85 years old and you've got six diseases you're not trying to spend up everything. you're happy to pass it on and there's nobody talking about death panels. >> well, rush limbaugh said republicans could learn a thing or two from the good doctor. >> he sets out a position based on our principles of individual responsibility and free market that is a logical solution that makes total sense to everybody who hears it. >> this man said it while obama's sitting there. this is the kind of thing the republican party should have been saying for the past four years. >> greg, you have a lot to say about this was prove it. >> the doctor better make sure his taxes are paid up. that was the longest 43 seconds obama has endured since the skeet shooting opportunity, but the doctor, a complete and absolute moron. can you ta
listen to his take on obama care. >> he's my solution. when the person is born, give them a birth certificate, an electronic card and a health savings account. when you die, you can pass it on to your family members so that when you're 85 years old and you've got six diseases you're not trying to spend up everything. you're happy to pass it on and there's nobody talking about death panels. >> well, rush limbaugh said republicans could learn a thing or two from the good doctor....
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drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do you think, pat buchanan? >> i don't think they l. if they do, john, it doesn't make any difference. but we really ought to be concerned about these drones. they're a tremendously effective weapon. they save our pilots and the rest of it. but the collateral damage, the killing of civilians, the killing of children, the tremendous alienation they've increased all over this region has resulted in al-qaida frankly getting a tremendous number of new recruits. are we recruiting more enemies than we're killing? that's the key question when you look to see how al-qaida is no longer just in afghanistan but six
drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do...
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president obama talked about that on google plus hangout today. take another listen to that, because it was pretty interesting his response. i played it earlier. >> this the most transparent administration in history. there are a handful of issues. postally around national security. where people have legitimate questions, where they are still concerned about whether or not we have all the information we need. benghazi by the way, is not a good example of that. that was larmly driven by campaign stuff because everything about that, we have had more testimony and more paper provided to congress than ever before. congress is sort of running out of things to ask. >> bret: kirsten >> the big question is if you believe anything that he just said. it's so preposterous, the whole line he just sold. nobody has run out of questions. i can assure him of that. they haven't really answered them. it's not a transparent administration. it was very nice of him to bring up foreign policy, because in fact he has not been transparent at all about his drone war or hi
president obama talked about that on google plus hangout today. take another listen to that, because it was pretty interesting his response. i played it earlier. >> this the most transparent administration in history. there are a handful of issues. postally around national security. where people have legitimate questions, where they are still concerned about whether or not we have all the information we need. benghazi by the way, is not a good example of that. that was larmly driven by...
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also using clips where she says obama carries great and obama is doing brilliant job. not exactly the kind of things that will help her in a state that voted overwhelmingly republican in the last election. she needs to get that straight if she is serious about running. that is my two cents more. coming up friday, got ready for something really, really exciting. a weekly segment focusing on top designerand trends in fashion and entertainment. this friday i will be sitting down with the fox business exclusive interview with supermodel and entrepreneur who will share some of the biggest secrets in fashion. you don't want to miss that.k ya great night, we will see you back here tomorrow. lou: good evening, everybody. president obama today stepped up his campaign to avoid the consequences of sequestration. an idea that originated in the white house. republicans upon the president's new round of demands delay sequestration for months, nothing more than a play for more tax increases. hollywood a-list or bruce willis: not those who would take away our guns offering a stern mes
also using clips where she says obama carries great and obama is doing brilliant job. not exactly the kind of things that will help her in a state that voted overwhelmingly republican in the last election. she needs to get that straight if she is serious about running. that is my two cents more. coming up friday, got ready for something really, really exciting. a weekly segment focusing on top designerand trends in fashion and entertainment. this friday i will be sitting down with the fox...
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president obama nominated sally jewell for interior secretary. she will replace former colorado senator ken salazar. she would be the first woman nominated for a disposition and the president's second term. we also hear from outgoing interior secretary salazar and ms. jewell. >> please have a seat. everybody is so formal. well, good afternoon, everybody. the department of the interior is actually the department of america. other members of my cabinet may not entirely agree with that statement but you can see where he's coming from. secretary of the interior is in charge of overseeing 500 million acres of public land, including places like yellowstone and the grand canyon and protecting our natural heritage for our children and our grandchildren and their children to come. but the job also requires keeping an eye on america's future and making smart decisions about how we create jobs and help businesses grow and put ourselves on a path towards energy independence and that's not always an easy balancing act. but with enthusiasm and skill and dedica
president obama nominated sally jewell for interior secretary. she will replace former colorado senator ken salazar. she would be the first woman nominated for a disposition and the president's second term. we also hear from outgoing interior secretary salazar and ms. jewell. >> please have a seat. everybody is so formal. well, good afternoon, everybody. the department of the interior is actually the department of america. other members of my cabinet may not entirely agree with that...
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maybe president obama was hoping you both could help write his answers to the article. why do this? jay carney had to answer questions about this again. he told reporters the president made it clear, he grew up in hawaii, he spent time in california, chicago. this is not -- he never pretended to or suggested that he had grown up as a hunter. what is your reaction to that? it kind of brings it all back again. >> he was not hunting at harvard law. look, he kind of can't win or can't lose with this. he said, i think, very off the cuff, and honestly, yeah, we do skeet shooting. then people got hysterical, aha, he's lying, trying to pull a fast one. they released the photo. which is kind of funny, he looks really great doing the shooting, so that, of course, once again, he manages to look very cool in what he's doing. i don't think this is going to be -- >> he looks cool in everything he does. he's got that way about him. >> i don't think this is going to make that big of a difference. i fink if he were seriously thinking about it in political terms, it's a signal of reassurance that he'
maybe president obama was hoping you both could help write his answers to the article. why do this? jay carney had to answer questions about this again. he told reporters the president made it clear, he grew up in hawaii, he spent time in california, chicago. this is not -- he never pretended to or suggested that he had grown up as a hunter. what is your reaction to that? it kind of brings it all back again. >> he was not hunting at harvard law. look, he kind of can't win or can't lose...
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i read that you were in wyoming over the weekend where you have a home and you talked about the obamas team was second rate. what did you mean? >> i'm very, very concerned about what i see happening, charlie, in the national security arena. i think the administration's policies are terribly flawed. i think the damage they're doing to the department is enormous with the sequester. i think the president's performance, by my standards, in the international arena, the middle east and so forth, is worse than many of my friends and colleagues see his domestic policies. i see him heading for the exits in the middle east, getting out of iraq, no follow on agreement, geing out of afghanistan as quickly as he can. jawboning the iranians on the nuclear program. >> rose: is it a problem with the president and his policies or is it with chuck hagel, john brennan, john kerry? >> it's all the president. the president picks the people that he puts around him, too. with respect to chuck hagel and brennan, defense and c.i.a. just in the last week, their performance in front of the committees that have t
i read that you were in wyoming over the weekend where you have a home and you talked about the obamas team was second rate. what did you mean? >> i'm very, very concerned about what i see happening, charlie, in the national security arena. i think the administration's policies are terribly flawed. i think the damage they're doing to the department is enormous with the sequester. i think the president's performance, by my standards, in the international arena, the middle east and so...
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for defense secretary was probably one of the very first second-determine nominations that president obama announced. chuck hagel ended up not being in brussels today. he has not become the new defense secretary yet because republicans in the senate have filibustered his nomination. a cabinet nomination has never, ever in the history of the united states been filibustered before. but these republicans in this congress and our time decided that they would do this unprecedented thing to chuck hagel. one of the major items on next week's news calendar is that the republicans are expected to finally relent and allow chuck hagel to be confirmed. but jane mayer published something at the new yorker today that made headlines everywhere today because she turned up the way republicans have been operating in washington at the time they have been trying to stop him. to be clear, even with the unprecedented filibuster, everybody knows that chuck hagel is going to be confirmed as defense secretary. democrats have a majority in the senate. hagel has the support of every single democrat in the senate and
for defense secretary was probably one of the very first second-determine nominations that president obama announced. chuck hagel ended up not being in brussels today. he has not become the new defense secretary yet because republicans in the senate have filibustered his nomination. a cabinet nomination has never, ever in the history of the united states been filibustered before. but these republicans in this congress and our time decided that they would do this unprecedented thing to chuck...
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this man said it while obama's sitting there. this is the kind of thing the republican party should have been saying for the past four years. >> okay, gregg, you said you have a lot to say. prove it? >> he says the doctor better make sure his taxes are paid up. that's the longest 43 seconds obama has had to endure since the skeet shooting possibility. the doctor took a moron. what does he know? he operates on the brains of babies. i would rather take advice from sandra fluke. i think she has -- sandra fluke... she has so much more life experiences than this pediatric neurosurgeon, who someone who operates on babies. >> right. >> that's my point. >> that's tongue in cheek. >> i was being ironic this. guy knows what he is tai talking about, not someone who has been on the planet 31 years, not fighting for free pills, while he's saving lives. >> i liked him, too. it takes a lots of guts to stand up in front of a room, as i did this week and dana helped me out with that quite a bit i. she was a coach. >> but to do it and take down th
this man said it while obama's sitting there. this is the kind of thing the republican party should have been saying for the past four years. >> okay, gregg, you said you have a lot to say. prove it? >> he says the doctor better make sure his taxes are paid up. that's the longest 43 seconds obama has had to endure since the skeet shooting possibility. the doctor took a moron. what does he know? he operates on the brains of babies. i would rather take advice from sandra fluke. i...
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president obama, speaking at a shipyard in new port news, virginia, delivered fresh warnings today that the spending cuts would result in painful, self-inflicted wounds. >> because of these automatic cuts, about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. so that's money out of their pockets. money out of their paychecks. and then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and services throughout the commonwealth. >> ifill: the president pressed for a compromise that combines targeted spending cuts with increased tax revenue. >> there are too many republicans in congress right now who refuse to compromise even an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes and special interest tax breaks. and that's what's holding things up right now. >> ifill: the administration announced today another response to the impending cuts. the release of hundreds of detainees held at immigration detention centers. republicans called it a ploy. and back at the capitol, house speaker john boehner sa
president obama, speaking at a shipyard in new port news, virginia, delivered fresh warnings today that the spending cuts would result in painful, self-inflicted wounds. >> because of these automatic cuts, about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. so that's money out of their pockets. money out of their paychecks. and then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and...
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president obama explains those spending cuts to enable workers in virginia. it seems they are not impressed. >> it will affect a lot of people, and not just shipyard people. it will trickle down. >> and the emblem of afghanistan's hidden women is going out of style and sales in the capital are falling. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and elsewhere around the globe. viewing injuns egypt -- viewing egypt's henchen sites from hot air balloon has long been a tourist attraction, but to date a tragedy. 19 people on board were killed near luxor.
president obama explains those spending cuts to enable workers in virginia. it seems they are not impressed. >> it will affect a lot of people, and not just shipyard people. it will trickle down. >> and the emblem of afghanistan's hidden women is going out of style and sales in the capital are falling. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and elsewhere around the globe. viewing injuns egypt -- viewing egypt's henchen sites from hot air balloon has long been a...
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>>> was president obama so focused on reelection that he was missing in action during the libya terror strike? this is special report. >>> i'm john roberts in for bret baier. the terror attack against the u.s. mission in benghazi is our topic. testimony on capitol hill has ignited a fresh round of debate today. what's not going away are questions about last year's terror attack in libya after panetta's final testimony yesterday. >> if i were a family member and one of my loved ones was killed in benghazi, i would be sick to my stomach. >> republican lindsey graham declared on twitter the president, quote, has to announce for his leadership on benghazi after panetta and general martin dempsey testified, they spoke to the president only once during the eight-hour attack. >> one time. >> right. >> you talked to him how many times? >> the same one time. >> graham and his republican colleagues repeatedly pressed panetta on why there was no direct follow up with mr. obama after they met in the oval office. >> are you surprised that the president of the united states never called you, secreta
>>> was president obama so focused on reelection that he was missing in action during the libya terror strike? this is special report. >>> i'm john roberts in for bret baier. the terror attack against the u.s. mission in benghazi is our topic. testimony on capitol hill has ignited a fresh round of debate today. what's not going away are questions about last year's terror attack in libya after panetta's final testimony yesterday. >> if i were a family member and one of my...
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and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party response, but the tea party republican response to the republican response to president obama's state of the union while making meaningful eye contact with something other than the camera that was pointed at her. that was the first one. the year after that, the tea party republican response to the republican response to the state of the union was given by pizza company executive herman cain. >> and so i say in response on behalf of the tea party and citizens people across this country, with all due respect, mr. president, some of us are not stupid. the state of the union is not goo
and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party...
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move over, president obama, the doctor is in the house. joining me the author of "america the beautiful, a director of pediatric neurosurgery, dr. benjamin carson. doctor, that speech moved me deeply. what's been the reaction so far? >> the reaction has been overwhelming. we've been deluged with emails, with calls. 99.5% positive. >> sean: wow. >> that doesn't surprise me, because the way that i lay things out was really logical. it wasn't right wing, it wasn't left wing. it was just logic and common sense. this is what people are starving for, coming out of washington, d.c. i don't know where we left our brains. >> sean: i don't know where we did either. before i get into the content -- and it was very deep and profound to me, simple yet profound. your background is amazing. you talked about it in your speech. your mom married at 13 one of 24 children, you grew up in poverty, and you had a very -- you said you were not a good student, but tell us a little bit -- tell us that story, because i think everybody needs to hear it. >> yeah. well
move over, president obama, the doctor is in the house. joining me the author of "america the beautiful, a director of pediatric neurosurgery, dr. benjamin carson. doctor, that speech moved me deeply. what's been the reaction so far? >> the reaction has been overwhelming. we've been deluged with emails, with calls. 99.5% positive. >> sean: wow. >> that doesn't surprise me, because the way that i lay things out was really logical. it wasn't right wing, it wasn't left wing....
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that hurts this economy and your obama line. because of these automatic cuts about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and southwests throughout the commonwealth because if they don't have money in their pockets or less money in their pockets, that means they're less able to afford to buy goods and services from other businesses, so it's not just restricted to the defense industry. all told, the sequester could cost tens of thousands of jobs right here in virginia. it doesn't just stop there. if the sequester goes into effect, more than 2,000 college students would lose their financial aid. for nearly 1,000 children and 18,000 fewer virginians would get the skill and training they need to find a job. across the country these cuts will force federal prosecutors to close cases and potentially let criminals go. air traffic controllers and aircraft security will see
that hurts this economy and your obama line. because of these automatic cuts about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and southwests throughout the commonwealth because if they don't have money in their pockets or less money in their pockets, that means they're less able to afford to buy goods and services from other...
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obama cannot be trusted. >> the american people know the president gets more money, they're just going to spend it. the fact is that he's gotten his tax hikesment it's time to focus on the real problem here in washington and that is spending. >> ifill: boehner complained that the president is busy holding campaign rallies while senate democrats do nothing. in the last congress the republican-controlled house passed two alternatives. >> we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> ifill: senate majority leader harry reid shot back. >> i think he should understand who is sitting on their pose tear i don't remember. we're doing our here to pass something. and the reason he's not bringing up something over there is because he can't pass it. he can't get his caucus to agree on anything. >> ifill: but republican senator roy blunt of missouri said democrats have to face facts. >> the spending cuts are going to happen. and the option now for the president is, do you want to work for a different way for these same savings to be achi
obama cannot be trusted. >> the american people know the president gets more money, they're just going to spend it. the fact is that he's gotten his tax hikesment it's time to focus on the real problem here in washington and that is spending. >> ifill: boehner complained that the president is busy holding campaign rallies while senate democrats do nothing. in the last congress the republican-controlled house passed two alternatives. >> we should not have to move a third bill...
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thanks. >>> it could be a grueling day for president obama's pick to head the cia. john brennan will face tough questions from democrats and republicans during his confirmation hearing. brennan, who is the president's chief counterterrorism adviser now, is under scrutiny for the administration's use of drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists overseas. the senate intelligence committee will also likely grill him over his support for the bush administration's interrogation policies. brennan served in the cia under president george w. bush. >>> today is defense secretary leon panetta's turn to answer questions about september's deadly attack in benghazi, libya. he and the chairman of the joint chiefs will testify before the senate armed services committee. they will discuss the results of the defense department's internal review of the attack on the u.s. consulate. four americans were killed there including ambassador chris stevens. >>> the threat of huge budget cuts next smooth forcing the pentagon to make a drastic move this morning. defense secretary leon panetta
thanks. >>> it could be a grueling day for president obama's pick to head the cia. john brennan will face tough questions from democrats and republicans during his confirmation hearing. brennan, who is the president's chief counterterrorism adviser now, is under scrutiny for the administration's use of drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists overseas. the senate intelligence committee will also likely grill him over his support for the bush administration's interrogation policies....
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for these reasons, i was delighted to have the opportunity when i was asked to join the obama administration to come back and work alongside her again as part of the national security team. as part of that team, i witnessed early on how hard she worked and dedicated she is and how she truly develop i think one of the best diplomatic skills as secretary of state of anyone that i have known in that capacity. she has the understanding to see the problem that people are facing. she had the ability to connect with the leaders of the world and understand the challenges and issues that they had to confront. it takes that. you have got to be a human being in these jobs. you cannot to be a robot. you cannot just read the talking points. you have got to have a sense of what others are facing and who they are and what they are about and what worries them. i think having worked with president clinton, one of the great capabilities he had was to always make other world leaders understand what is in their national interest. not is what is in the u.s. interest, but what is in their interest. hillary has th
for these reasons, i was delighted to have the opportunity when i was asked to join the obama administration to come back and work alongside her again as part of the national security team. as part of that team, i witnessed early on how hard she worked and dedicated she is and how she truly develop i think one of the best diplomatic skills as secretary of state of anyone that i have known in that capacity. she has the understanding to see the problem that people are facing. she had the ability...
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then a weekly address by president obama and martha roby. recently, the explorers club hosted a conversation with apollo 16 after not charles duke. he talked about his experiences as the pilot and what it was like to be the youngest person to walk on the moon. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> i think the first thing i would like to do, charlie has the amazing lunar footage on apollo 16 in april of 1972. first we will talk about that and then he will take us through it. the first question, being a loner olympics. i know you have a checklist -- being a lunar olympics. i know you have a checklist. you did something that was not on the checklist. >> john and i decided, the fight before -- the flight before were in munich so we were going to do the moon olympics and do the high jump record. john was going to do the long jump. those were the two events we were going to have on the moon olympics. we did not tell anyone about this. apollo 15, they have the hammer and feather. 14, allen sheppard hit the golf ball. but we were runni
then a weekly address by president obama and martha roby. recently, the explorers club hosted a conversation with apollo 16 after not charles duke. he talked about his experiences as the pilot and what it was like to be the youngest person to walk on the moon. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> i think the first thing i would like to do, charlie has the amazing lunar footage on apollo 16 in april of 1972. first we will talk about that and then he will take us through it....
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apparently president obama is bringing skeet back in a different contest. they asked him if you ever used a gun. he said, yes actually i go skeet shooting. everyone is saying, what the hell is that? and others were skeptical of that. they're saying no way he's using a gun if he's shooting skeet. then we have proof of skeet shooting happened. >> the president revealed he can relate to people who enjoy firing gun. when asked if he ever fired one he replied yes up in camp david we do skeet shooting all the time. >> is there a photograph of him doing it? >> there may be, but i haven't seen it. >> why haven't we heard about it before? >> because when he goes to camp david, he goes to spend time with his family and friends relax and not produce photographs. >> i'm offended there was time taken out of that press conference to talk about skeet shooting. even though there was all this skeptical commentary about it, obama released a photo of him shooting. you can't see the skeet but it appears to be what he's doing. that's what he's claiming. every's thoughts? >> fir
apparently president obama is bringing skeet back in a different contest. they asked him if you ever used a gun. he said, yes actually i go skeet shooting. everyone is saying, what the hell is that? and others were skeptical of that. they're saying no way he's using a gun if he's shooting skeet. then we have proof of skeet shooting happened. >> the president revealed he can relate to people who enjoy firing gun. when asked if he ever fired one he replied yes up in camp david we do skeet...